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Exceeding '5 A Day'Guide For Veggie, Fruit Intake Doesn't Reduce Chanc
Eating double the amount of veggies and fruits recommended by general dietary guidelines doesn't reduce the likelihood of breast cancer recurrence among women whose cancers were treated at an early stage of the disease, says a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Asthma Gene Clusters Identified: Findings Could Lead To New Treatment
Children who suffer from acute asthma attacks share a genetic profile that appears to be unique to these children, according to a new study by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The discovery opens the door to the possibility of designing treatments specifically tailored to children who suffer from the severest forms of asthma. Climate Change Reduces Bat Population In Queensland, Australia
A central eastern Queensland mine has turned up bat fossils which show climate change has had a negative impact on the state's bat population. Researchers are currently sifting through what is the largest and best record of the state's southern most bat population from the late Pleistocene Epoch, beginning two million years ago and ending approximately 10,000 years ago. Jefferson And Delaware Researchers Combine Tiny Nanotubes And Antibodi
By coating the surfaces of tiny carbon nanotubes with monoclonal antibodies, biochemists and engineers at Jefferson Medical College and the University of Delaware have teamed up to detect cancer cells in a tiny drop of water. The work is aimed at developing nanotube-based biosensors that can spot cancer cells circulating in the blood from a treated tumor that has returned or from a new cancer. Lady in Red Goes Monochrome
The Rubens classic, Portrait of a Young Lady, is losing its color thanks to a small quantity of chloride in the red pigment. Dutch researchers claim to have found the cause. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Bleeding, Not Inflammation, Is Major Cause Of Early Lung Infection Dea
Researchers believe they have discovered why a bacterial lung infection is so lethal in the early stages, and it's not what medical authorities had thought. The study reveals for the first time that a toxin released by bacteria causes severe bleeding in the lungs by patients with pneumococcal pneumonia. It is the bleeding, the authors argue, not inflammation as once thought, which makes the infections deadly. The same study also reveals why antibiotics often fail to help prevent early death. Despite vaccine, one million children still die of pneumococcal infections. Building a Better Storm Center
Designing a new home for NOAA -- the satellite guys -- sets off a hurricane-force fight between the geeks and the government's star architect. By Andrew Blum from Wired magazine. Calls For A New Food Safety Regulatory Agency Follow Spinach Tragedy
The recent contamination of spinach with E. coli bacteria is fostering renewed calls for a single, independent federal food safety agency that would regulate animal and plant production in an integrated way, according to an article scheduled for the Dec. 11 issue of the American Chemical Society's weekly news magazine, Chemical &Engineering News.
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